The Elephant Girl (Choc Lit) (46 page)

And Jason had travelled halfway around the world to give Helen another chance to get it right.

‘I’ll open it later,’ she said. Once she would have resented that comment he made, about paying her aunt to be her aunt, now she just let him put his hands on her hips and pull her close. She dropped her head to his shoulder with a sigh. ‘Will he ever come around, I wonder?’

‘A couple of grandchildren will no doubt melt his heart. Imagine him bouncing a baby boy on his knees.’

Helen shuddered. ‘Sorry, I know he’s your dad and everything, but that’s a pretty disturbing thought. How about a houseful of Indian orphans for the time being?’

‘Hm, wouldn’t go so well with his reputation for being a hard bastard.’

‘And you?’

‘Right up my street. For the time being,’ he added softly before kissing her long and hard.

A sudden fizzle and crack of thunder made the whole house shake, and the lights dimmed for a moment. Startled, Jason pulled away.

‘Blimey, that was close!’

Helen smiled. ‘You know, you’re going to be so glad you remembered your rain gear.’

About the Author

Henriette grew up in Northern Denmark but moved to England after she graduated from the University of Copenhagen. She wrote her first book when she was ten, a tale of two orphan sisters running away to Egypt fortunately to be adopted by a perfect family they meet on the Orient Express.

Between that first literary exploit and now, she has worked in the Danish civil service, for a travel agent, a consultancy company, in banking, hospital administration, and for a county court before setting herself up as a freelance translator and linguist.

Expecting her first child and feeling bored, she picked up the pen again, and when a writer friend encouraged her to join the Romantic Novelists’ Association, she began to pursue her writing in earnest. Her debut novel,
Up Close
, won the New Talent Award in 2011 from the Festival of Romance and a Commended from the Yeovil Literary Prize.

Henriette is married and lives in London.

The Elephant Girl
is Henriette’s second novel. Look for her next release,
The Highwayman’s Daughter
, in January 2014.

Follow Henriette:

Twitter –
@henrigyland

Facebook –
www.facebook.com/henriette.gyland
Website –
www.henriettegyland.wordpress.com

More Choc Lit

From Henriette Gyland

Up Close

Too close for comfort …

When Dr Lia Thompson’s grandmother dies unexpectedly, Lia is horrified to have to leave her life in America and return to a cold and creaky house in Norfolk. But as events unfold, she can’t help feeling that there is more to her grandmother’s death than meets the eye.

Aidan Morrell is surprised to see Lia, his teenage crush, back in town. But Aidan’s accident when serving in the navy has scarred him in more ways than one, and he has other secrets which must stay hidden at all costs, even from Lia.

As Lia comes closer to uncovering the truth, she is forced to question everything she thought she knew. In a world of increasing danger, is Aidan someone she can trust?

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www.choc-lit.com
for more details including the first two chapters and reviews.

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http://www.amazon.co.uk/Up-Close-Choc-Lit-ebook/dp/B00A3KYSPU
)

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